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Class Reptilia REPTILE CWCS SPECIES (27 SPECIES) Common name Scientific name Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii Broad-banded Water Snake Nerodia fasciata confluens Coal Skink Eumeces anthracinus Copperbelly Watersnake Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta Corn Snake Elaphe guttata guttata Diamondback Water Snake Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer Eastern Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum flagellum Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus sauritus Eastern Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus False Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica Green Water Snake Nerodia cyclopion Kirtland's Snake Clonophis kirtlandii Midland Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica mutica Mississippi Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii Northern Pine Snake Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus Northern Scarlet Snake Cemophora coccinea copei Scarlet Kingsnake Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Southeastern Crowned Snake Tantilla coronata Southeastern Five-lined Skink Eumeces inexpectatus Southern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta dorsalis Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Western Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma Western Mud Snake Farancia abacura reinwardtii Western Pygmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius streckeri Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus proximus CLASS REPTILIA Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii Federal Heritage GRank SRank GRank SRank Status Status (Simplified) (Simplified) N T G3G4 S2 G3 S2 G-Trend Decreasing G-Trend The alligator snapping turtle inhabits river systems draining into Gulf of Comment Mexico in the south-central U.S. and ranges northward in the Mississippi River system into western Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa (Conant and Collins 1991). This turtle has been reported from specific, mappable localities in only 6 Kentucky counties (Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Livingston, and McCracken) but likely occurs in low numbers in and along the Mississippi, lower Ohio, and lower Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers including Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley (Kentucky Herpetology Database 2004, Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission Database 2004). Some reported occurrences (i.e., those in Breckinridge and Knox counties) have been based on the recovery of large captive specimens that had been released; others (i.e., the "Monster of Maple Lake") are based on media reports and require some sort of substantiation before they can be accepted. S-Trend Unknown S-Trend The alligator snapping turtle is thought to be rare and declining throughout its Comment range, but this species is so difficult to sample that very little recent population/abundance data is available. No population information is available for Kentucky. An ongoing graduate student project to sample for alligator snappers in the western part of the state was funded by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources but none have thus far been captured. Recent records (1984-2004) in Kentucky are available from 4 counties (Ballard, Livingston, Caldwell, and Calloway) (Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission Database 2004, J.R. MacGregor Data). Dams, commercial harvest for human consumption, and general habitat degradation have adversely impacted this species throughout its range (NatureServe 2004). Habitat / Habitat characteristics for this turtle in Kentucky are largely unknown. The Life History Laketon specimen was found in a cypress slough along the Mississippi River floodplain, the Princeton specimen was dug from a large urban spring that is the head of a tributary flowing into Lake Barkley, the Blood River juvenile was found in a tire rut after a flood event, the Panther Creek animal was found dead after having been hooked on an abandoned limb line, and the Paducah specimen was found at a water intake plant. Locality data is a bit vague for 1-2 specimens that have been captured by fishermen along the lower Tennessee River in Livingston County. There are a few old literature records and one CLASS REPTILIA Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii recent record from the Ohio River (Ballard County). The species can be said to have occurred in habitats ranging from headwater springs and tire ruts to large rivers, but we still have little or no idea how or where to search for it in Kentucky. Key Habitat condition is completely UNKNOWN as no key habitat locations have Habitat been identified for this species in Kentucky. Guilds Emergent and shrub-dominated wetlands, forested wetland, running water, standing water. Statewide AlligatorSnappingTurtle.pdf Map CLASS REPTILIA Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii Conservation Issues Aquatic habitat degradation 2C Construction/Operation of impoundments (migration barrier). Dams (loss of natural river channel character). 2E Stream channelization/ditching. Loss of oxbows, sloughs, braided channels. 2H Wetland loss/drainage/alteration . Loss of natural and man made wetlands and loss of herbaceous vegetation in ponds/sloughs. Biological/ consumptive uses 5B Predation from native species. Nest predation (skunks, raccoons, foxes, coyotes, etc.). 5F Low population densities 5H Isolated populations (low gene flow) 5I Commercial collecting for pet trade (overharvest). Commercial collection (human food, pet trade). 5J Incidental mortality due to commercial fishing/musseling (mortality and overharvest). Commercial fishing (trot lines et al). Fishing (troutline, limb lines, bank lines). 5K Lack of suitable habitat for spawning, nesting, or breeding. Reforestation of open sandy soil areas near ponds (loss of suitable nesting habitat). 5P Market hunting for human consumption. Commercial collection (human food, pet trade). Siltation and increased turbidity 1B Agriculture. Extensive agricultural development along waterways. Terrestrial habitat degradation 3F Urban/residential development 3R Habitat and/or Population Fragmentation 3T Suppression of disturbance regimes. Reforestation of open sandy soil areas near ponds (loss of suitable nesting habitat). 3U Loss, lack and degradation of special and unique microhabitats CLASS REPTILIA Broad-banded Water Snake Nerodia fasciata confluens Federal Heritage GRank SRank GRank SRank Status Status (Simplified) (Simplified) N E G5T5 S1 G5 S1 G-Trend Unknown G-Trend Gulf Coast region and Mississippi River drainage from Texas and Louisiana Comment northward to extreme southeastern Missouri, extreme southern Illinois, and the western tip of Kentucky (Conant and Collins 1991) known in Kentucky only from Fish Lake and from the vicinity of Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge in Fulton County (Kentucky Herpetology Database 2004, Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission Database 2004). S-Trend Decreasing S-Trend Known historically and recently from the lowlands of southwestern Fulton Comment County (Kentucky State Nature Preserve Commission 2004, J.R. MacGregor 2004, W. Bird and P. Peak, pers. obs.); listed here as declining due to heavy past and recent impacts associated with agricultural development in the bottoms located north of Reelfoot Lake. Habitat / Usually found in sloughs, sluggish streams, bayous, oxbows, and other slow- Life History moving or standing water habitats; often found in areas that are at least partly wooded (Wright and Wright 1957, J.R. MacGregor data). Also reported in the literature from marshes and wet prairies (Ernst and Ernst 2003); several adults have been found in open wet meadow habitats in Kentucky both at Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge (B. Palmer-Ball, Jr., pers. comm.) and at Fish Lake (W. Bird and P. Peak, pers. comm.). Often occurs in clear water areas with some emergent or aquatic vegetation and mud bottoms. Although past population data is generally lacking for this species in Kentucky, the author (J.R. MacGregor) believes that the broad-banded water snake has declined in far western Kentucky as a result of heavy past/recent impacts associated with agricultural development in the bottoms located north of Reelfoot Lake. Key habitat loss factors here have included wetland drainage and sedimentation, channelization, tree cutting/removal and land conversion (J.R. MacGregor, pers. obs.). Key Habitat condition is FAIR at best, although the habitat within Reelfoot National Habitat Wildlife Refuge has to be considered as GOOD (J.R. MacGregor, pers. obs.). Following Key Habitats (good): 1. Fulton County CLASS REPTILIA Broad-banded Water Snake Nerodia fasciata confluens Guilds Emergent and shrub-dominated wetlands, forested wetland, standing water. Statewide Broad-bandedWaterSnake.pdf Map Conservation Issues Aquatic habitat degradation 2E Stream channelization/ditching 2H Wetland loss/drainage/alteration . Loss of wetland connectivity and wetland drainage/conversion. Biological/ consumptive uses 5F Low population densities. Always rare/local. 5H Isolated populations (low gene flow) Terrestrial habitat degradation 3A Row-crop agriculture (conversion to, annual reuse of fields, etc) 3R Habitat and/or Population Fragmentation. Loss of wetland connectivity. 3U Loss, lack and degradation of special and unique microhabitats CLASS REPTILIA Coal Skink Eumeces anthracinus Federal Heritage GRank SRank GRank SRank Status Status (Simplified) (Simplified) N T G5 S2 G5 S2 G-Trend Unknown G-Trend The species occurs over a relatively large area that extends from eastern Texas, Comment Oklahoma , and Kansas eastward into northern Florida and northward into New York; the range is quite fragmented toward the east and northeast (Conant
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